Storms that swept across South Dakota and western and central Minnesota on Thursday night brought damaging winds that downed trees and power lines and destroyed buildings.
There's tension in Murdock following the City Council decision to award a conditional use permit to the Asatru Folk Assembly for the use of a former Lutheran church as its gathering hall. The Murdock Alliance Against Hate opposed the conditional use permit, but will now focus on telling the Asatru Folk Assembly it is not welcome while also working to unite the community against racism, said its organizer.
Businesses tell U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar the first federal COVID-19 relief package helped but that needs continue. A Benson business owner used the opportunity of having the senator's ear to urge support for rural health care as well.
HANCOCK, Minn. - The driver of the Hancock Public School van that collided with a semi Monday afternoon at the intersection of a gravel and paved county road in far western Minnesota allegedly did not yield to the oncoming semi, officials said.
APPLETON, Minn. - There are now price tags for the state of Minnesota to either purchase, upgrade and operate the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, or to lease it.A newly released architectural assessment of the facility in far west-cent...
BENSON, Minn. - Lack of proper communication by a staff member at a Benson residential facility that provides therapeutic programs for girls - including those who have been sexually exploited - may have contributed to the criminal sexual assault ...
BENSON, Minn. -- A crash early Saturday morning, Sept. 30, near Benson has claimed three lives. The three were identified by family and friends on social media this past weekend as Dylan Peterson of Benson; Austin Ardoff, of Willmar, Minnesota, f...
WILLMAR, Minn. - The National Weather Service in Chanhassen has confirmed that a series of five tornadoes swept across west-central Minnesota last week, damaging several farm sites and small-town businesses, and uprooting trees.All of the tornado...
BENSON -- An ex-professional football player, formerly of Benson, is facing a criminal charge for allegedly making a fraudulent insurance claim over an AFC title ring he reported as stolen.Brent Dwayne Griffith, 51, made his first appearance Tues...
APPLETON - Legislation calling on the state to purchase or lease-to-own the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton did not make it through the 2017 session, but the state is now obligated to take a serious look at the possibility of utilizing ...
BENSON, Minn. -- A Benson man pretended to have cancer, authorities say -- and allegedly swindled nearly $60,000 out of a friend, saying he needed money to pay for treatment.
